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chess-like

chess-like is the alternative form of chesslike.

Meaning of chesslike

Adjective

chesslike (comparative more chesslike, superlative most chesslike)

  1. Characteristic of or resembling chess.
  2. (figuratively) Requiring careful forethought and planning; complex.
    • Since games are locked in from two to four years in advance, there's a definite chess-match aspect to the scheduling. Pollsters study these chesslike moves, to give weight to a school's football program.2007, Don Wallace, One Great Game

Forms of chess-like

comparativemore chess-like
superlativemost chess-like

Questions about chess-like

What is chess-like the alternative form of?
Chess-like is the alternative form of chesslike.

Words near chess-like in the dictionary

  1. chess tarts
  2. chess timer
  3. chess timers
  4. chess-apple
  5. chess-apples
  6. chess-like
  7. chess-piece
  8. chess-pieces
  9. chess-player
  10. chess-players
  11. Chess960

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